diff --git a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-core.c b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-core.c
index 9b94272da8bc06173468389f19e0f0a96f03decc..bc10ca1e7384093c3074b58c6a2a63b80db521fb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-core.c
@@ -421,6 +421,11 @@ static int mcp251xfd_chip_clock_init(const struct mcp251xfd_priv *priv)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int mcp251xfd_chip_timestamp_init(const struct mcp251xfd_priv *priv)
+{
 	/* Set Time Base Counter Prescaler to 1.
 	 *
 	 * This means an overflow of the 32 bit Time Base Counter
@@ -683,6 +688,10 @@ static int mcp251xfd_chip_start(struct mcp251xfd_priv *priv)
 	if (err)
 		goto out_chip_stop;
 
+	err = mcp251xfd_chip_timestamp_init(priv);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_chip_stop;
+
 	err = mcp251xfd_set_bittiming(priv);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_chip_stop;